- The Dingilliad
The Dingilliad is a series of young adult
science fiction novels by the authorDavid Gerrold . It is also known as "The Starsiders Trilogy", although "The Dingilliad" is the name given by the author. It refers to the surname of the family of main characters and is a pun on the "Iliad ". The books are often compared toRobert A. Heinlein 's juvenile novels. [ [http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue160/books.html#b1 Science Fiction Book Reviews ] ]The books in the series include: "Jumping Off the Planet" (2000), "Bouncing Off the Moon" (2001) and "Leaping to the Stars" (2002). A future fourth book has been mooted by the author. [http://www.gerrold.com/dingilliad/page.htm]
Jumping off the Planet
It was originally written as a novella and was nominated for the Nebula award and the HOMer award. This novella was then expanded to a novel of the same title and won the Hal Clement (young adult) Golden Duck award and the Gaylactic Spectrum award, and was also nominated for a Lambda award for science fiction and a second HOMer award. [ [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit51.html The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees ] ]
References
External links
* http://www.gerrold.com/dingilliad/page.htm
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